Call for Papers    
Biennial Conference on   
Moravian History and Culture     
October 10-11, 2008     
Moravian College   
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

This biennial conference is sponsored by Moravian College, the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Pietism at the University of Halle, Germany. The conference will examine various aspects of the history and culture of the Moravians (also known as Unitas Fratrum or Herrnhuters) within their context. Papers may span a wide range of topics encompassing early 15th-century history of the church in the Czech lands; the founding of the renewed Moravian Church in Herrnhut, Saxony, in 1722; the establishment of a transatlantic Moravian network and its preservation throughout the 18th and 19th centuries up to more recent Moravian history in the 20th century. We are interested in all contributions relating to current research in Moravian historyand culture, but we especially invite papers regarding the following themes:

1. The Origin of Subjectivity in Autobiography and Biography (Moravian Lebensläufe or memoirs)

2. The Encounter with Foreign Worlds

3. Emotions in Rituals and Practices

4. Transatlantic Networks

5. Moravians in Comparative Contexts: Pietism, Art, Architecture, Gender

6. The Historical Self-Concept of the Moravians

Please send a proposal of no more than 300 words by March 1, 2008 to: hlempa@moravian.edu.

The selection committee will notify accepted applicants by April 15. A selection of papers will be considered for publication. In certain cases we will attempt to provide grants for housing and travel costs. For updates see our web page: http://home.moravian.edu/public/hist/conference/. Dr. Heikki Lempa Department of History Moravian College 1200 Main Street Bethlehem, PA, 18018, USA Tel.: (610) 861-1315 Fax: (610) 625-7919